Chapter Ninety-Five: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
How could Yuan Bao tolerate Guan Luo's insult to his proud efforts? Neck stalk: "Provoke Lao Tzu, I will dig out the eight generations of your Guanluo's ancestors, how old are you when you wear open crotch pants, and what kind of scene is the first time you open meat." ”
Guan Luo was not to be outdone: "If you provoke me, I will lock the kitchen door tightly in the future, and no one will be able to open it except me." ”
Seeing that the two were fighting again, Noya hurriedly stopped: "Okay, okay, let's get down to business." ”
The two "snorted" unconvinced, turned their heads and pinched their waists without speaking.
Noya glared at the two helplessly: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's go to the mountains together today." ”
"What are you doing in the mountains?" It is rare for the two to speak in unison.
Noah glanced around vigilantly, lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "I suspect that there are secrets hidden in that mountain. ”
Yuan Bao was a little anxious: "Oh, madam, don't sell it, hurry up!" ”
Noya cleared her throat and whispered: "I think that the mountain has been blocked and mined for so many years, it should be more than the batch of weapons we collected, and in these years, the mountain people have not seen any weapons transported out, so there must be something in the mountain." ”
Baili Jiu sneered low behind her, and was glared back fiercely by her.
"Impossible, right?" Guan Luo scratched his head: "Last time we were in the mountains, we searched very carefully, and we didn't see any clues?" ”
Yuan Bao echoed him for the first time, and nodded his head: "That's it, I've personally looked around, and I haven't let go of the ant nest, and I'm sure I don't see a place to store things." ”
"But when you were there, there were still a lot of caves that were buried, so you didn't go inside to inspect them carefully. Now that the sealed mine has been cleaned up, let's re-check it to see if there is any cat in it? If we really found it, wouldn't it be a great achievement? Noah analyzed it all the way.
Guan Luo learned from the old look, rubbed his chin, and nodded thoughtfully: "What you said is very reasonable, and then the group of officers and soldiers were all rice buckets, even if something was placed in front of them, they might not be able to see it." I'll leave it all to me, and even if I dig three feet into the ground, I'll have to check it thoroughly. ”
Noah nodded appreciatively: "We happen to have nothing to do today, let's go together, work together, I believe there will be discoveries." However, you must remember to keep this matter secret, otherwise it will not be good if you startle the snake. ”
"What about the Ninth Master? To go or not to go? Guan Luo turned his head and asked.
Before Bailijiu could answer, she was robbed of the conversation by Noah, she pursed her lips and said in a non-yin and yang manner: "People say that I am a soldier of all grass and trees, it's ridiculous, so if you don't go, it's a big deal for us to go by ourselves, make some achievements and show him, we have to subdue his self-righteous arrogance." ”
Yuan Bao and Guan Luo only then knew that Noya was not a nose and a face at Baili Jiu's nose early in the morning, and it turned out that it was because of this gamble. The two of them squeezed their eyes at Bailijiu, simply prepared the necessary utensils, and headed towards Hanshan together.
The mountain road is much easier than before, it should be the road that the officers and soldiers stepped on in the last time they entered the mountain, and on the way, there are occasional mountain people coming and going, hunting or chopping wood.
After the warning was lifted, the mountain people could once again rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, but no one walked inside. Although it is said that there is an attraction of mineral deposits, the number of corpses dug up from the mine is appalling, which makes people afraid to approach.
A few people walked along the rugged mountain road and went straight into the belly of the mountain, which was a messy mess. Many of the previously abandoned and blocked caves have also been excavated to make a passageway, and stones are piled up outside the mines, everywhere.
The cave where the miners' bodies had been buried was still re-sealed with stones. A stone tablet was erected outside the entrance of the cave, and the identity of the victims in this incident was recorded in large vermilion lacquer characters, and the words "rest in peace for the deceased" were written on the side.
Several people lit torches and carefully explored the caves one by one, even the tiny cracks in the stone walls, and they were exhausted from finding them little by little.
Noah sat on the ground, her whole body was blackened, and she didn't want to move anymore.
"Guan Luo, do you have a better way to find a way to be opportunistic? I can't stand climbing up and down like this. ”
Guan Luo shook his head: "It's better for us to act separately, it's faster this way, there is really no good way." ”
Yuan Bao frowned even more sadly: "I think, it's better to go back, send more people over another day, there is no need to practice it." ”
Noya shook her head categorically: "No, just go back like this, don't you boss laugh at me?" I'm not going to stop until I find something. ”
Yuan Bao was speechless for a moment, and muttered in a low voice: "I knew that you and Jiu Ye were gambling with each other, and I wouldn't come over to take this trip to the troubled waters." Who doesn't know your stinky temper? ”
Noya's ears were pointed, and he listened to it: "Yuanbao, what did you say?" ”
Yuan Bao shook his head knowingly: "I didn't say anything, I was just persuading me to accept my fate." ”
Noya gritted her teeth and stood up: "Let's go, let's continue, I don't believe that there will be no discovery at all!" ”
Yuan Bao and Guan Luo stood up resignedly, both tired and listless, like defeated roosters.
A gust of mountain wind blew in, with a hint of coolness.
Yuan Bao put his hands on the pergola and stood on tiptoe to look at the sky in the north: "Madam, it looks like it's going to rain, let's go back?" ”
It is rare for Guan Luo to stand on a united front with him for the first time: "It's just that there is already a cool breeze." Looks like it's coming soon. ”
Noah also looked up: "It doesn't seem to be raining much, if it really rains, let's find a place to shelter." The mountain road is difficult to walk, and it is not easy to come, how can you give up halfway. ”
"Isn't it?" Yuan Bao howled miserably: "Auntie, do you know how dangerous it is if it rains here?" A whirlpool coming down from the mountain does not necessarily wash you into a mine and bury you alive. ”
Noya groaned, "Then let's go to the cave where the iron is smelted for a while, it must be stable." ”
Guan Luo sighed helplessly: "It seems that I am really young, how could I fall for you?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the mountain wind suddenly became stronger, and the sand and dust swept away, blowing the trees on the mountain violently. Nowadays, even if you want to go, you can't do it, and you will inevitably get drenched in the rain halfway. The two of them could only follow Noah resignedly, walking briskly towards the belly of the mountain.
The thunder and lightning in the mountains were hideous, and the thunderbolts were one after another, like a sinuous silver snake. The sky was also overcast as ink, heralding the arrival of a shower.
The three of them took three steps and two steps into the mountainside, and the rain poured down. Yellow-brown mud rolled up dead branches and rotten leaves and rushed down from the top of the opposite hill, uprooting many of the saplings that had not yet grown, with the sound of thousands of horses galloping.
A few people secretly congratulated themselves that Shicai did not return to the villa, otherwise they were lucky to be drenched in soup at this time, and they didn't know where they were swept away.
The waterproofing in the belly of the mountain is very good, and the terrain is much higher than the entrance to the cave. Rao is like this, when the rain is turbulent, there will also be muddy water flooding in.
The three of them stood at the entrance of the cave, exclaiming, watching the muddy water sweeping the stones rushing in front of them, Noah's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said excitedly: "You said that if the mountain flood pours into the belly of the mountain, if there is some mechanism hidden here, will the flood water rush into the crack?" Then when the water level receded, the mechanism was revealed! ”
Yuan Bao nodded and teased: "The idea is good, but it is a little difficult to implement, after all, the terrain here is so high, and the inside is spacious, it is not something that can be passed with three or two scoops of water." ”
Noya glanced at him: "Things are dead, people are alive, you can't use your brain!" ”
Guan Luo hesitantly stopped: "It's better not to, right?" In the unlikely event that the mechanism fails after encountering water, it will be difficult to open it. ”
"Isn't it with you, I have confidence in you!" Noah patted him on the shoulder, and said excitedly, wishing that he could not act on it immediately.
Noya began to talk to herself about the method, thinking that one was vetoed by Yuan Bao and Guan Luo, and cold water was poured on her head.
The weather is not beautiful, and before the method can be figured out, the rain has gradually stopped, and the sky is clear, coming and going quickly.
When the torrent has not yet subsided, you cannot rush recklessly. At this time, the cave was also bright, and Nuoya took the two of them to re-inspect the cave, and all the corners were carefully searched, and the two Yuanbao were already deflated, and they couldn't help complaining.
She turned a deaf ear, stood in the middle of the mountain, and muttered for a long time, then crouched down and wrote and drew on the ground.
"What's wrong? Sister, what's wrong? Guan Luo stepped forward and asked curiously.
Noah nodded: "I drew up a sketch of the entire mountainside, and I think this layout is a little awkward!" ”
Yuan Bao was also immediately attracted: "Where is it awkward?" ”
"For example," Noah said, pointing to the two caves on the side of the hall, "There is obviously a lot of usable space between those two caves, and so are the other places, I suspect, there is a wall between them!" ”
Yuan Bao ran over to investigate carefully with great enthusiasm, and then came out disappointed, shaking his head: "I have looked carefully, and I can't see anything at all." Madame, you are thinking too much. ”
Guan Luo also chimed in: "I also checked there, but I didn't find any organs. You should know that not all rock formations can be used to dig caves. ”
"Maybe it's just that he's done something more hidden. If it really doesn't work, after the day after tomorrow, after the tomb is commemorated and sealed, find two craftsmen to come over and forcibly chisel the stone wall into three feet square, and see if there is anything to find? ”
Noah seems to be casual, but she is categorical and especially stubborn.
As soon as Yuan Bao heard that Noya had finally given up, he didn't care if her method was feasible, and hurriedly echoed: "It's that today's flood is so dangerous. I must not be able to go into the mine to look for it anymore, so it is better to go out and do it the day after tomorrow. ”
Noah thought for a moment, and felt that what he said made sense, so he and the two of them found a long branch and explored out of the mountain.